temporary hardness

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temporary hardness [′tem·pə‚rer·ē ′härd·nəs]

(chemistry)

The portion of the total hardness of water that can be removed by boiling whereby the soluble calcium and magnesium bicarbonate are precipitated as insoluble carbonates.

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